diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/arg_groups/overrides.py b/python/sglang/srt/arg_groups/overrides.py
index 81f8c4cbe115..306b001a985a 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/arg_groups/overrides.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/arg_groups/overrides.py
@@ -1412,8 +1412,12 @@ def _moe_runner_backend_quant_constraints(view: Any) -> dict:
 
         is_gfx95_mxfp8 = get_platform().is_hip and is_gfx95_supported()
         allowed = list(MXFP8_MOE_RUNNER_BACKEND_CHOICES)
-        if is_gfx95_mxfp8:
+        # Every other entry is CUDA-only. Honor an explicit triton request on ROCm
+        # instead of sending it back to flashinfer_trtllm, whose MoE apply path
+        # imports flashinfer.
+        if is_gfx95_mxfp8 or (get_platform().is_hip and moe_runner_backend == "triton"):
             allowed.append("triton")
+        if is_gfx95_mxfp8:
             # the aiter MXFP8 MoE quant info is built only when aiter is enabled
             if envs.SGLANG_USE_AITER.get():
                 allowed.append("aiter")
diff --git a/test/registered/unit/test_mxfp8_moe_runner_backend.py b/test/registered/unit/test_mxfp8_moe_runner_backend.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..532a50034b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/registered/unit/test_mxfp8_moe_runner_backend.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+"""Unit tests for the mxfp8 moe_runner_backend constraints in
+srt/arg_groups/overrides.py."""
+
+from sglang.test.ci.ci_register import register_cpu_ci
+
+register_cpu_ci(est_time=5, suite="base-a-test-cpu")
+
+import contextlib
+import unittest
+from types import SimpleNamespace
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+from sglang.srt.arg_groups.overrides import (
+    ResolvedView,
+    _moe_runner_backend_quant_constraints,
+)
+from sglang.srt.runtime_context import override_platform
+from sglang.test.test_utils import CustomTestCase
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def _platform(*, is_hip: bool, is_gfx95: bool = False):
+    """gfx95 is read straight from utils.common, not through the platform
+    probes, so it is patched where overrides.py imported it."""
+    with override_platform(is_hip=is_hip, is_npu=False):
+        with patch(
+            "sglang.srt.arg_groups.overrides.is_gfx95_supported",
+            return_value=is_gfx95,
+        ):
+            yield
+
+
+def _resolve(backend: str, quantization: str = "mxfp8") -> str:
+    """Run the pass and return the backend it resolves to. The pass declares
+    only what it changes, so an empty declaration means the request survived.
+
+    moe_a2a_backend is "none" throughout: the pass reads it to pick the default
+    (flashinfer_megamoe a2a forces a matching runner), and that interaction is
+    out of scope here.
+    """
+    view = ResolvedView(
+        SimpleNamespace(
+            moe_runner_backend=backend,
+            quantization=quantization,
+            moe_a2a_backend="none",
+        )
+    )
+    declared = _moe_runner_backend_quant_constraints(view)
+    return declared.get("moe_runner_backend", backend)
+
+
+class TestMxfp8MoeRunnerBackend(CustomTestCase):
+    def test_rocm_honors_explicit_triton(self):
+        # triton is the only mxfp8 runner ROCm can use: every other entry in
+        # MXFP8_MOE_RUNNER_BACKEND_CHOICES is CUDA-only, and flashinfer_trtllm's
+        # MoE apply path imports flashinfer, which is absent on ROCm.
+        for is_gfx95 in (True, False):
+            with self.subTest(is_gfx95=is_gfx95):
+                with _platform(is_hip=True, is_gfx95=is_gfx95):
+                    self.assertEqual(_resolve("triton"), "triton")
+
+    def test_cuda_still_rejects_triton(self):
+        with _platform(is_hip=False):
+            self.assertEqual(_resolve("triton"), "flashinfer_trtllm")
+
+    def test_auto_default_is_unchanged(self):
+        # The fix widens `allowed`, not the default: "auto" must resolve exactly
+        # as it did before on every platform.
+        cases = (
+            (dict(is_hip=True, is_gfx95=True), "triton"),
+            (dict(is_hip=True, is_gfx95=False), "flashinfer_trtllm"),
+            (dict(is_hip=False, is_gfx95=False), "flashinfer_trtllm"),
+        )
+        for facts, expected in cases:
+            with self.subTest(**facts):
+                with _platform(**facts):
+                    self.assertEqual(_resolve("auto"), expected)
+
+    def test_unsupported_backend_is_still_overridden(self):
+        # The widened `allowed` must not turn the gate into a pass-through: a
+        # name outside MXFP8_MOE_RUNNER_BACKEND_CHOICES still falls to the
+        # platform default.
+        with _platform(is_hip=True, is_gfx95=False):
+            self.assertEqual(_resolve("marlin"), "flashinfer_trtllm")
+
+    def test_non_mxfp8_quantization_is_untouched(self):
+        with _platform(is_hip=True, is_gfx95=False):
+            self.assertEqual(_resolve("triton", quantization="fp8"), "triton")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()